HISTORY REPEATED

It's the same border and the same policy; only the drug has changed.

In 1929 U.S. Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt wrote, "
'Good' liquor comes through the Canadian border in great quantities. . . A
little more than a year ago Florida was the leakiest spot, with great
quantities of liquor flowing in from near-by British islands. But
aggressive action by that splendid service, the Coast Guard, in conjunction
with . . . my office in the Department of Justice, deprived Florida of this
doubtful honor."

The central lesson of alcohol prohibition, now being relearned, is that
prohibition works only if everyone agrees, but if everyone agrees, then it
is unnecessary.

JOHN CHASE

Palm Harbor

Adviser, The November Coalition